Why choose Kentik over ThousandEyes?
Test every second
If a 30-second outage can cost thousands, testing every minute is not good enough
Save time
Automatically configure and update tests based on your traffic
Our mesh is the best
All your points-of-presence displayed in a mesh grid for immediate troubleshooting
Get more for less
Considerably cheaper and no big-company pricing inflexibility
Reduce tool creep
Real traffic beautifully visualized alongside test traffic in a single pane of glass
Incredible support
Read our case studies to see how our service exceeds expectations
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Key features
| ThousandEyes | ||
|---|---|---|
High-density, bi-directional mesh tests and view | YES. Automated setup, thousands of tests | NO. Manual setup, dozens of tests |
High-density grid tests Find the one bad test among thousands | ||
Free state-of-the-internet tests SaaS apps, public clouds, BGP route viewer, public DNS services | ||
SNMP and traffic-aware path views See and solve problems | ||
Automated test recommendations One-click tests | ||
Tests updated automatically with traffic changes | ||
Correlate real traffic to synthetic measurements Understand the impact of packet loss, latency or jitter | ||
Network observability with troubleshooting workflows | ||
Richer BGP data set Number and diversity of vantage points for speed and accuracy | Thousands | Hundreds |
Integrated with AWS infrastructure See the performance of inter-VPC routing and Direct Connects to your private cloud | ||
Pricing for “continuous” and sub-1-minute testing | ||
Syn credits included with platform license | ||
Extensive global agent network | ||
BGP route visualization |
As soon as you turn it on, you see how different Kentik is from any other solution.
The combination of synthetic monitoring and real-time traffic analytics is extremely valuable.
The real-time visibility we need to deliver a great customer experience.
As soon as you turn it on, you see how different Kentik is from any other solution.
The combination of synthetic monitoring and real-time traffic analytics is extremely valuable.
The real-time visibility we need to deliver a great customer experience.
As soon as you turn it on, you see how different Kentik is from any other solution.
The combination of synthetic monitoring and real-time traffic analytics is extremely valuable.
The real-time visibility we need to deliver a great customer experience.
Customers love Kentik Synthetics — read why
See the big picture
Real traffic
Great user experience
You can see the AS paths in real-time and at any point in the past.
Cloud integration
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